Trail Running of the Sea - Improving Your Feel for the Ocean Amid Turbulence
It is not rare that channel swimmers and marathon swimmers get an upset stomach in turbulent conditions. It is highly probable that these swimmers swallow water in the surface chop, waves, and swells. Over time as the swim and turbulence continues - sometimes hour after hour - it is inevitable that the swimmer has swallowed several (dozens) of gasps of saltwater. Mixed in with their normal feedings, an upset stomach is the end result. Many (most?) swimmers can deal with this upset stomach and eventually finish their swim or crossing, but a handful of swimmers have to call it a day and abort their swim. On the other end of the spectrum are experienced ocean and sea swimmers who - no matter how turbulent and wavy the conditions are - never or very rarely swallow a bit of saltwater. How do they do that? How do these swimmers interact with a choppy ocean or rough sea and breathe - sometimes as many as 30 times per minute - without inadvertently swallowing any water? For th...